Quotes By Muhammad Ali

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

Age is whatever you think it is. You are as old as you think you are.

I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.

If they can make penicillin out of mouldy bread, they can sure make something out of you.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

I'm so fast that last night I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

Superman don't need no seat belt.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.

Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.

My toughest fight was with my first wife.

Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up.

We have one life; it soon will be past; what we do for God is all that will last.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

No one knows what to say in the loser's locker room.

If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize.

I am the astronaut of boxing. Joe Louis and Dempsey were just jet pilots. I'm in a world of my own.

It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

Rivers, ponds, lakes and streams - they all have different names, but they all contain water. Just as religions do - they all contain truths.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The man who has no imagination has no wings.

I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on.

I figure I'll be champ for about ten years and then I'll let my brother take over - like the Kennedys down in Washington.

There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win.

When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.

Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.